Hurricane Force

Hurricane Force Wind Warning
A Hurricane Force Wind Warning is a statement which warns of winds averaging 64 knots or more in coastal waters and high seas areas.
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Hurricane Force Warning - A warning for sustained winds, or frequent gusts, of 64 knots (74 mph) or greater, either predicted or occurring, and not directly associated with a tropical cyclone.

Pan PanA headline within National Weather Service high seas forecasts transmitted via the GMDSS to indicate that a hurricane or hurricane force winds are forecast.

Indirect HitGenerally refers to locations that do not experience a direct hit from a tropical cyclone, but do experience hurricane force winds (either sustained or gusts) or tides of at least 4 feet above normal.

SuperStorm '93 more than a foot of snow from Alabama to Maine, 11 tornadoes ripped through Florida, hurricane force winds and barometric pressures followed by record cold afflicted the eastern United States on March 1993.

Name given to a warm core tropical cyclone with maximum surface wind of 118 km/h (64 knots, 74 mph or greater hurricane force wind) in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean; ...

Hurricane Warning - a warning that hurricane force winds are impending
Hurricane Watch - an announcement for a specific area that hurricane conditions may be imminent and that persons should prepare for hurricane winds ...

NOR' EASTER - An infamous storm system, usually an extratropical storm with gale or even hurricane forced winds, that affects the US East coast.

Browse Related Terms: Gale, Gale Warning, Hurricane, Hurricane Force Wind Warning, Maximum Sustained Surface Wind, Storm Warning, Subtropical Depression, Subtropical Storm, Super Typhoon, Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Warning, ...

Also, included in this advisory are the maximum sustained wind, pressure, storm tide or storm surge and the radius of both hurricane force and tropical storm force winds (just tropical storm force winds for a tropical storm) and an intensity forcast.

Winds with mean speed exceeding 48 knots or roughly 89 km/h. Storm force winds are the strongest winds used in midlatitudes. In tropical areas, Hurricane force is used to describe winds with a mean speed in excess of 64 knots.
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Wind gusts associated with these storms can exceed hurricane force in intensity. A nor'easter gets its name from the continuously strong northeasterly winds blowing in from the ocean ahead of the storm and over the coastal areas.

2, the "Storm Of The Century" firmly places itself in the Extreme category. With a total area reaching, at peak, from Maine to Florida, a final total 5-50 inches of snowfall, and hurricane force winds, ...

Taku Wind A strong, gusty, east-northeast wind, occurring in the vicinity of Juneau, Alaska, between October and March. At the mouth of the Taku River, after which it is named, it sometimes attains hurricane force.

classify wind speed, developed in 1805 by British Admiral Francis Beaufort. The scale was initially developed for ships at sea but has latterly been adapted for use on land. The scale ranges from 0, which is flat calm to force 12 for hurricane force ...

Gale Warning - issued if winds are forecast to be in the range of 34 to 47 knots inclusive.
Storm Warning - issued if the winds are forecast to be in the range of 48 to 63 knots inclusive.
Hurricane Force Wind Warning - issued for winds of 64 knots ...

5 n mi to the right of the hurricane center (looking in the direction of motion). This circle is meant to depict the typical extent of hurricane force winds, which are approximately 75 n mi to the right of the center and 50 n mi to the left.

A hurricane warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water or a combination of dangerously high water and exceptionally high waves continue, even though winds may be less than hurricane force. ...

See also: Hurricane, Force, Weather, Air, Pressure